Suspect Arrested For Murder Of Top Cop Charl Kinnear – A 39-year-old suspect will appear at the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court on Friday in connection with the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear, 52. [n24]
Magawa The Landmine Detection Rat Given Gold Medal For Bravery – Giant African pouched rat has cleared more than 141,000 square metres of land – the equivalent of 20 football pitches. [guardian]
Republicans Break With Trump Over Peaceful Transition Of Power – But they’re not explaining how, even as the president threatens to upend the constitutional order. [pol]
Zayn Malik And Gigi Hadid Welcome Baby Girl That’s ‘Changed Their World’ – The former One Direction singer, 27, shared the happy news on his Twitter page with a black and white photo. [sky]
Why Eating Insects Is About To Become Big Business – Edible bugs, now taking off in the west, offer environmental and nutritional benefits. [ft]
Discovery Director Sells R387 Million In Shares Over Two Days – Herschel Mayers (59), a director at Discovery, has sold an eye-watering R387.4 million in shares in the company over two days. [busins] Not much you can do with 387 bar these days.
Alexei Navalny’s Apartment Seized While He Was In A Coma – Moscow: Russian authorities seized Alexei Navalny’s Moscow apartment while the opposition leader was still in a coma, Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Thursday, local time, and linked the move to a tycoon with ties to the Kremlin. [npr]
Foschini Group Gets The Green Light To Acquire Jet – The Competition Tribunal has approved The Foschini Group (TFG) to acquire Jet stores subject to conditions. [btech]
Chen Qiushi: Chinese Journalist Missing Since February ‘Under State Supervision’ – A Chinese citizen journalist who disappeared in February after reporting on the outbreak of the coronavirus has been found, a friend has said. [bbc]
Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu Resigns Amid Scandal – The powerful head of the Vatican’s saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resigned suddenly Thursday from the post and renounced his rights as a cardinal amid a financial scandal that has reportedly implicated him indirectly. [ap]
Influencers Remove Anti-Covid Rules Videos; Famke Louise Apologizes – A large number of Dutch influencers and celebrities have removed anti-coronavirus rules videos they posted earlier this week under the hashtag #ikdoenietmeermee. [nl]
Ramaphosa Backs Campaign To Remove Statues Glorifying SA’s Apartheid Past – President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that South Africa comes from a history of prejudice and exclusion, and said that since democracy in 1994, the country had worked to transform its heritage landscape. [ewn]
‘Dollar Dominance’ Extends Gold Price Slump To Four Days – Gold fell on Thursday to its lowest level in more than two months, crippled by a robust dollar, while investors fretted over uncertainties surrounding further stimulus measures to support a sluggish economic recovery in the US. [blive]
Diary Of An MP’s Wife By Sasha Swire Review – A Thrillingly Indiscreet Political Memoir – From Dominic Cummings as an ‘amoeba’ to royal political preferences and David Cameron’s colonoscopy … a behind-the-scenes Tory reveals the political gossip. [guardian]
$1 Million Jacob & Co. Twin Turbo Furious La Montre Noire Bugatti Edition May Go Down In History – What’s under the hood is just as incredible as the exterior — and worthy of the car it honors. [forbes]
Havaianas Online Store Is Running A Massive Spring Sale – Havaianas are finally available online, and you can order your favourite styles and colours from the comfort of your couch. [here]
These Are The Best MBA Courses In The World – Including 2 From South Africa – Global higher and business education analyst, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, has published its 2021 Global MBA Ranking, which includes two programmes in South Africa. [btech]
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